The Madras High Court dismissed a habeas corpus plea filed by Savukku Shankar’s mother alleging solitary confinement during his December 2025 incarceration. The Court also closed the medical treatment plea and said police can act as per law if he fails to surrender after interim bail ends.
The Madras High Court held that habeas corpus cannot compel a spouse’s return if she leaves voluntarily, as Justices N Anand Venkatesh and P Dhanabal heard a plea seeking production of a wife and children.
Gitanjali J Angmo urged the Supreme Court to stop delays in the hearing against Sonam Wangchuk’s preventive detention under the NSA. The Court will examine disputed video transcripts before reserving judgment next week.
The Jharkhand High Court questioned the police for allegedly keeping two students in custody for 10 days without producing them before a magistrate. The Court termed the action “beyond the process of law” and directed the Chatra SP to file an explanation.
The Bombay High Court ruled that an adult woman has the right to make her own life choices, even if her family disagrees. The court granted protection to a pregnant woman who wished to marry her partner despite family threats.
SC will hear on Monday the plea by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife challenging his detention under the National Security Act after Ladakh protests. She calls it “illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional.”
The Allahabad High Court has directed police to trace advocate Jai Shankar Upadhyay, who has been missing for three years. Despite an FIR registered in 2022, the division bench noted he remains untraceable and granted police one month.
The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to clarify if X Corp. must mandatorily join the Sahyog portal for cases involving trafficking and national security. The government must file its reply by September 10, 2025.
A 15-year-old girl jumped from the Madras High Court’s first floor moments after judges ordered her to a government-run home. She is injured but conscious, and the case will be heard again on August 26.
A Malda resident has filed a habeas corpus plea after his 19-year-old son, an Indian citizen, was allegedly detained in Rajasthan and deported to Bangladesh despite valid ID proofs. The case adds to growing claims of wrongful deportations of Bengali-speaking migrants.
